Effective January 1, 1988, 36-year-old Dean Hodgins was appointed to replace retiring Murray Hopper as Chief Financial Officer, and member of our provincial executive.

Mr. Hodgins has been CFO for each of Freedom Party's registered constituency associations since their initial registrations in 1987. (It's his signature that validates all of Freedom Party's official receipts.) Having a single CFO to manage and supervise our centralized accounting and administration system has proven to be an efficient approach to the red tape and paperwork imposed on officially-registered parties by Ontario's Elections Commission.

As manager of Insurance Accounting with the firm London & Midland (a wholly-owned AVCO subsidiary), Mr. Hodgins brings with him more than his knowledge of accounting and accounting systems. His past experience as a public accountant with the firm Clarkson & Gordon & Co., and moreover as staff auditor with British Columbia's Auditor-General, helped him discover first-hand the incredible waste and misappropriation of government spending. Much to his dismay, he learned that the Auditor General's ministry was every bit as wasteful as the ministries it was auditing.

Dean expects to complete his designation as a Certified General Accountant (CGA) within the year; his expertise and experience are most welcomed at Freedom Party.

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